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Kate Has Cancer
The Princess of Wales is being treated for cancer.
A report on BBC radio news.
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Most women on the weekly MDT were aged 40 to 70. An alarming number number of women in their thirties were coming through - and with the high-risk "triple negative" cancer - and women in their mid to late twenties.
The younger you are the worse the cancer will likely be, as many cancers are hormone-driven.
I can't complain about the speed my colon cancer was diagnosed and dealt with. Due to my Dukes assessment I had the choiceif I wanted Chemo. I decided belt and braces and elected Chemo. Capecitabine at about £600 a month for a couple of years. That was the longest part of my curative regime and I chose it.Some prat had been given the all clear when I was halfway through my regular tests at Royal Marsden and complained about his parking fee. Grrrrr
I decided belt and braces and elected Chemo. Capecitabine at about £600 a month
oh the scopus trial - I declined. Technically ( oo-er Mr Pliceman) you can tell what difference they are looking for , by the number of patients needed in the trial. Scopus needed thousands as the difference between cap and nothing they wished to detect was 5%. I said I wd take my chances
The man next to me in outpatients said they are now into scopus 2. and was on ... capecitabine. ( Ca oesophagus)
is cancer in women of Kates age so very rare? asks one ABer
Kate is 42 y
40 to 44 number of new cases in a year 2,202 (8%)
or.... 4.8 percent of cases (all cancers) are diagnosed in between ages 35-44. ( 2023).
so that is 2000 cases in a population of 60m
I was dx'd aged 48 - ca colon and the surgeon said - "oh you are my case for this year ( case under the age of 50). No I didnt see one last year. Nor the year before that"
